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What do the public SMPTE ST 428-10, ST 429-12 and ST 430-10 documents actually define for closed captions in a DCP, and how do they relate?

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SMPTE ST 428-10 (free PDF) is a constraint profile of the ST 428-7 D-Cinema subtitle XML for closed captions and subtitles: no images, at most three Text elements per Subtitle, and non-overlapping time windows; ST 429-12 adds optional ClosedCaption, ClosedSubtitle and MainCaption elements to the CPL. Both were downloadable without login on 2026-10-22.

SMPTE ST 428-10 (free PDF) is a constraint profile of the ST 428-7 D-Cinema subtitle XML for closed captions and subtitles: no images, at most three Text elements per Subtitle, and non-overlapping time windows; ST 429-12 adds optional ClosedCaption, ClosedSubtitle and MainCaption elements to the CPL. Both were downloadable without login on 2026-10-22. Curator qualifications: Standards read 2026-10-22; no DCP built. ST 430-10 synchronisation-protocol scope and cinepedia track-count statement per producer. Limitations: Standards read 2026-10-22; no DCP built. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/latest/st428-10/st0428-10-2008.pdf",
      "note": "SMPTE ST 428-10:2008 PDF, sections 1, 7; SMPTE ST 429-12:2008 PDF, sections 6.3-6.5"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/latest/st430-10/st0430-10-2010.pdf",
      "note": "SMPTE ST 428-10:2008 PDF, sections 1, 7; SMPTE ST 429-12:2008 PDF, sections 6.3-6.5"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/latest/st429-12/st0429-12-2008.pdf",
      "note": "SMPTE ST 428-10:2008 PDF, sections 1, 7; SMPTE ST 429-12:2008 PDF, sections 6.3-6.5"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://cinepedia.com/accessibility/timed-text/",
      "note": "SMPTE ST 428-10:2008 PDF, sections 1, 7; SMPTE ST 429-12:2008 PDF, sections 6.3-6.5"
    }
  ]
}

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  • [sourced_fact] SMPTE ST 428-10 (free PDF) is a constraint profile of the ST 428-7 D-Cinema subtitle XML for closed captions and subtitles: no images, at most three Text elements per Subtitle, and non-overlapping time windows; ST 429-12 adds optional ClosedCaption, ClosedSubtitle and MainCaption elements to the CPL. Both were downloadable without login on 2026-10-22. · locator: SMPTE ST 428-10:2008 PDF, sections 1, 7; SMPTE ST 429-12:2008 PDF, sections 6.3-6.5 source

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